Google.org, the charitable arm of the technology company, will no longer support efforts to help entrepreneurs in poor regions of the world as part of changes in its international-development work.

In the wake of recent Trump administration proposals, the international development community is fighting for the future of programs that save millions of lives and make America more secure and ...

Technological advancements are transforming every sector of the global economy, opening the way for governments, businesses, and individuals to drastically reframe how they engage with one another.

Policy. The world must reduce greenhouse gas emissions to prevent the most dangerous consequences of climate change. Even with increased efforts to curb these emissions, we must prepare for and adapt ...

In 2018, Congress passed the Better Utilization of Investments Leading to Development Act (BUILD Act), which combined the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) with several U.S. Agency for ...

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Science and technology (S&T) capabilities are fundamental for social and economic progress in developing countries; for example, in the health sector, scientific research led to the development and ...

More than one year since massive foreign aid cuts and the eventual closure of the U.S. Agency for International Development, Oxfam outlines what USAID did and the ripple effects of losing it. U.S.

As leaders from around the world gathered in Seville, Spain, at the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4) to discuss how to finance sustainable economic development, a ...